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Huff Barite Prospects

Occurrence in Cocke county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025890
MRDS ID K001866
Record type Site
Current site name Huff Barite Prospects
Related records 10153922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.03848, 35.93981 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILE NW OF DEL RIO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cocke(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neddy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Cocke

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Cochran Conglomerate, Quartzite & Conglomerate
    Rock description Cochran Conglomerate, Quartzite & Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.03848, 35.93981
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COARSE CRYSTALLINE, WHITE BARITE REPLACES QUARTZITE. SOME OF THE BARITE IS GRAY TO BLACK AND GIVES OFF A FETID ODOR. BARITE MASSES RANGING UP TO ONE FOOT IN LENGTH ARE PRESENT IN THE PITS. DEPOSIT IS THE MOCCASIN GAP TYPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Del Rio Barite District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Huff

Comments on the production information

  • NO SHIPMENTS WERE MADE, SO FAR AS IS KNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPOSURES ARE POOR.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 5 PITS AND A SLUMPED TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.W., AND JEWELL, W.B., 1951, GEOLOGY AND BARITE DEPOSITS OF THE DEL RIO DISTRICT, COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 57, 235 P.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPT. INV. 28, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    1951 OTHER FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W. TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV. 28

  • Production

    FERGUSON AND JEWELL, 1951, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO EVIDENCE OF A BEDDING PLANE FAULT WAS OBSERVED BY FERGUSON AND JEWELL (1951). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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